The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 98 106 109
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 25 22 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.390% 1.096% 0.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.449% 1.148% 0.643%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 8
Average salary £58,500 £67,500 £56,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £60,000 £51,300
10% offered a salary of more than £62,250 £86,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 9 £60,000 -
Crewe +8 5 £60,000 +33.33%
Warrington +23 4 £52,500 -37.31%
Nantwich - 2 - -
Macclesfield - 1 £59,000 -
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Solutions Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 24 (41.38%) Finance
2 22 (37.93%) UML
3 21 (36.21%) .NET
4 20 (34.48%) PHP
5 19 (32.76%) HTML
5 19 (32.76%) Magento
6 17 (29.31%) Java
7 15 (25.86%) E-Commerce
8 14 (24.14%) SQL Server
8 14 (24.14%) Capacity Planning
9 12 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (18.97%) OO
10 11 (18.97%) UNIX
10 11 (18.97%) Linux
10 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
11 10 (17.24%) Internet
11 10 (17.24%) C#
11 10 (17.24%) Project Management
12 9 (15.52%) Oracle
13 8 (13.79%) SMS
13 8 (13.79%) SQL Server 2005
13 8 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
13 8 (13.79%) Software Architecture
14 7 (12.07%) HTML5
14 7 (12.07%) SQL
14 7 (12.07%) Windows
15 6 (10.34%) XML
15 6 (10.34%) XSLT
15 6 (10.34%) MS Excel

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Solutions Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (36.21%) .NET
2 19 (32.76%) HTML
3 7 (12.07%) HTML5
4 6 (10.34%) XML
4 6 (10.34%) XSLT
4 6 (10.34%) ASP.NET
5 4 (6.897%) Web Services
6 3 (5.172%) Middleware
6 3 (5.172%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.172%) WebSphere
6 3 (5.172%) SOAP
7 2 (3.448%) EDIFACT
8 1 (1.724%) Apache Flex
8 1 (1.724%) jQuery
8 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.724%) OpenID
8 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (1.724%) SAML
8 1 (1.724%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 19 (32.76%) Magento
2 2 (3.448%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (3.448%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.448%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (3.448%) Lync
3 1 (1.724%) Drupal
3 1 (1.724%) WordPress
3 1 (1.724%) Apache Solr
3 1 (1.724%) MQSeries
3 1 (1.724%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.448%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Internet
2 8 (13.79%) SMS
3 3 (5.172%) Unified Communications
3 3 (5.172%) HTTP
4 2 (3.448%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.448%) ATM
4 2 (3.448%) ISDN
4 2 (3.448%) LAN
4 2 (3.448%) VoIP
4 2 (3.448%) WAN
4 2 (3.448%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.448%) DPNSS
4 2 (3.448%) CTI
4 2 (3.448%) Q.931
4 2 (3.448%) QSIG
4 2 (3.448%) Firewall
5 1 (1.724%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.724%) VPN
5 1 (1.724%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.79%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (8.621%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (6.897%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.448%) DB2
5 2 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.724%) GIS
6 1 (1.724%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.724%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.724%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 2 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (41.38%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Banking
2 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.448%) Retail
3 2 (3.448%) Retail Banking
3 2 (3.448%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.897%) N-Tier
1 4 (6.897%) Online Banking
1 4 (6.897%) Mobile Banking
1 4 (6.897%) Social Media
1 4 (6.897%) Open Source
2 2 (3.448%) Cryptography
2 2 (3.448%) IVR
2 2 (3.448%) Tandem
2 2 (3.448%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.448%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.448%) SWIFT
2 2 (3.448%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (1.724%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.724%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.97%) UNIX
1 11 (18.97%) Linux
2 7 (12.07%) Windows
3 2 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.724%) Android
4 1 (1.724%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) UML
2 15 (25.86%) E-Commerce
3 14 (24.14%) Capacity Planning
4 12 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (18.97%) OO
6 10 (17.24%) Project Management
7 8 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (13.79%) Software Architecture
8 6 (10.34%) Scrum
8 6 (10.34%) Kanban
9 5 (8.621%) OOA/OOD
10 4 (6.897%) ETL
10 4 (6.897%) OOD
10 4 (6.897%) WFM
10 4 (6.897%) Migration
10 4 (6.897%) Configuration Management
10 4 (6.897%) Waterfall
10 4 (6.897%) Data Migration
11 3 (5.172%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) PHP
2 17 (29.31%) Java
3 10 (17.24%) C#
4 7 (12.07%) SQL
5 5 (8.621%) VB.NET
6 3 (5.172%) C++
7 2 (3.448%) C
7 2 (3.448%) COBOL
8 1 (1.724%) XPath
8 1 (1.724%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.724%) Python
8 1 (1.724%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.724%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.172%) Degree
2 1 (1.724%) NCIE
2 1 (1.724%) MCITP
2 1 (1.724%) MCTS
2 1 (1.724%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.621%) QA
2 4 (6.897%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.724%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.724%) vSphere
2 1 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.724%) SCCM
1 1 (1.724%) SCOM
1 1 (1.724%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Oracle
3 6 (10.34%) Citrix
4 5 (8.621%) Avaya
5 4 (6.897%) Siebel
6 2 (3.448%) Cisco
6 2 (3.448%) IBM
6 2 (3.448%) Nortel
6 2 (3.448%) Pega
7 1 (1.724%) Zend
7 1 (1.724%) 3PAR
7 1 (1.724%) ESRI
7 1 (1.724%) Symantec
7 1 (1.724%) VMware
7 1 (1.724%) CommVault
7 1 (1.724%) NetApp
7 1 (1.724%) Apple
7 1 (1.724%) EMC
Cheshire
The successful Mobile/ Cloud Solution Architect (Security, Android, iOS, SSO) will have: Extensive knowledge and experience with Mobile/ Cloud architecture (Objective-C, Java, Apple, Android, C, C++, HTML)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £65,000 to £75,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Mobile Solution Architect (Cloud, Security, Java, iOS, SSO) will have: Extensive knowledge and experience with Mobile/ Cloud architecture (Objective-C, Java, Apple, Android, C, C++, HTML)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 20 May 2013